In Pictures: Top 10 gadgets of 2012

Here are 10 that made a significant impact in the industry this year, listed in the order of their releases

iPhone 5

An evolution, not a revolution, is how the latest iPhone has been described. The iPhone 5 is thinner than the iPhone 4S, and has a longer screen, which adds an additional row of app icons. What raised a stink in the iPhone user community is the introduction of Apple’s new proprietary data interface - the Lightning connector. In what can be described as a “first world problem,” many tech news pundits lamented that the iPhone 5 was incompatible with their iPhone external devices and accessories that used the old interface.

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